Social Brand Builder

Hootsuite is more than a social media company. We’re more than a tech company. We’re a collective of creators and makers, builders and hackers, teachers and students.

We believe deeply that social media is revolutionizing how we communicate – and we’re driven by our mission to empower organizations to turn messages into meaningful relationships.

We believe that culture is the compass to success and so our culture manifesto is woven into the fabric of all we do. We seek exceptional talent that believes joining a passionate, egoless team that is building something bigger than themselves, and having fun doing it, matters.

We know you have a lot of choices on where to take your career next. Whether you’re based in Vancouver, London, Singapore or any of our 8 nests around the globe, you will have 800+ #HootsuiteLife peeps who will have your back to support your growth everyday.

Here’s where it might start…

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B Corporation Certification

Who You Are...

We are looking for a Social Brand Builder to help grow the personal brands of our socially savvy senior executives. You are a social media native with a DIY approach to conquering the Internet. Tweaking a newsletter? Finding great content? Interviewing an internet celebrity? Optimizing social ads? Taking the perfect Instagram? You know how to do it already, or you’ll damn well figure out how. Nothing gets in your way. You are a fearless, creative ideator who has a track record of turning your ambitious plans into action.

The role will report to the PR Manager responsible for executive communications, and is a key contributor in turning an executive’s vision or idea into compelling content that influences, educates, and engages target audiences important to the executive and Hootsuite.

*All applicants require a valid Canadian work permit and must be located in Vancouver or willing to relocate

Research, both online and primary source interviews, to build out ideas

Incorporate feedback from senior leaders and secure approval on all posts

Track, analyze and report on both content and channel performance

Develop, maintain and manage an editorial calendar - the source of truth for content being written and published

Daily listening and engagement duties

Identify influencer engagement opportunities

Staying up-to-date on the latest social media trends and topics (think Meerkat, where were you?)

Curating weekly newsletter. This includes:

Understand what the C-suite are reading, latest interests and useful content for subscribers

Regularly search key content sources to identify articles that are appropriate for the newsletter

Write intro and transition copy, collaborate with executives to ensure final vision reflects their thoughts and voice

Build and distribute the newsletter

Requirements:

3+ years of experience creating PR/social content for a B2B or B2C technology company

Bachelors in Journalism, Marketing, PR, English, Communications or related field

An exceptional storyteller who knows how to mine for great stories

Consistent ability to write, edit and communicate clearly and concisely

Proven ability to repurpose content into multiple form factors for distribution across multiple channels

Superb organizational, project, and time management skills to meet deadlines

Uncanny ability to connect the dots across multiple concepts

Give feedback thoughtfully and receive it gracefully

Highly self-motivated, results-driven, and can-do attitude

Based in Vancouver

Bonus Points…

Strategic, understand the big picture and have ideas plus experience to help propel Hootsuite’s company mission forward

Comfortable with change and ambiguity (you see these as an opportunity) and thrive under pressure

Hardworking, creative and detail oriented person looking to make an impact with your writing and social media expertise

Friendly, team player with a sense of humor

Cover Letter Instructions...

Tell us all about your experience building a brand (bonus points if it is the brand of a CEO or other executive) - where did you start? what did you do? what was the result? how did you measure success?